COURSE REVEALS WORKINGS OF CITY GOVERNMENT PALMDALE PARTNERS ACADEMY WILL BEGIN SEPT. 13.Byline: JIM Jim Miss Watson’s runaway slave; Huck’s traveling companion. [Am. Lit.: Huckleberry Finn] See : Escape SKEEN Do you mean:
Staff Writer PALMDALE Palmdale, city (1990 pop. 68,842), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the irrigated Antelope Valley; a growing residential suburb of Los Angeles near Little Rock Creek where it forms Lake Palmdale Reservoir, inc. 1962. -- Ramping up another element of the city's Partners for a Better Palmdale, applications are now being accepted for the inaugural citizen academy -- a course on how municipal government really works. The academy will include sessions on the city's past, the workings of city administration, law enforcement and crime prevention programs, economic development, city maintenance work, the services available for residents and collaborative efforts the city has with other agencies. The first Palmdale Partners Academy is scheduled to begin on Sept. 13 and will run Thursdays through Nov. 8. "The Palmdale Partners Academy will help volunteer citizens gain a better understanding of local government, the community, the resources and how to get things done," said Bill McLeon, the city's personnel director who is overseeing the academy. Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford said the academy will give its participants a "reality-based" education on how city government really works. A goal is to teach residents the best ways to access city services The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. . "I would like to see candidates running for office take these course," Ledford said. "It would save us some time (training) when they get in." During the academy sessions, participants will interact with city staff and learn the challenges facing municipal governments. Participants will learn about the city's future goals. Residents can register on the city's Web site, www.cityofpalmdale.org See .org. (networking) org - The top-level domain for organisations or individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain (national, com, edu, or gov). Though many have .org domains, it was never intended to be limited to non-profit organisations. RFC 1591. , or by contacting Trish Jones at (661) 267-5400. Applications are due by Aug. 23, and early registration is encouraged. Priority registration will be given to residents of Palmdale. Partners for a Better Palmdale is an effort to tackle crime and to help make the city vibrant. Plans call for developing and expanding youth programs; establishing city-owned neighborhood houses that function as miniature city halls; expanding family education and mediation mediation, in law, type of intervention in which the disputing parties accept the offer of a third party to recommend a solution for their controversy. Mediation has long been a part of international law, frequently involving the use of an international commission, programs; establishing neighborhood commissions; encouraging volunteerism vol·un·teer·ism n. Use of or reliance on volunteers, especially to perform social or educational work in communities. volunteerism ; and providing grants and loans to fix up homes. james.skeen(at)dailynews (661) 267-5743 |
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